National institute for research into aquatic habitats
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The National institute for research into aquatic habitats (NIRAH) is a proposed fresh water aquarium in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, England.
The bio-domed research complex and aquarium, at 40-hectares four times the size of the Eden Project, would be built on the site of an old brickworks, and is the brainchild of an international team of biologists and conservationists.
The project has been designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, who was responsible for the Eden Project in Cornwall.
It would be upon completion the world's largest aquarium, and would be stocked with tropical trees and plants and populated by thousands of species of freshwater fish, amphibians and reptiles.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4536809.stm BBC News</ref> <ref>http://www.nirah.org NIRAH</ref>
The project has had up to £2m of public money from the East of England Development Agency and has requested further funds from Bedfordshire County Council.
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